The Shadow of the Wolf E-Book

R. Austin Freeman

• Herausgeber: Ktoczyta.pl
• Kategorie: Krimi
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

This novel is an excellent example of the inverted detective story, a modern form that R. Austin Freeman is credited with inventing. You know from the beginning who the guilty party is, but watching Dr. Thorndyke figure it out is amazing. And watching the perpetrator think that he is getting away with his crime, while watching Dr. Thorndyke close in on him is well-done literary irony. The fun comes not from being baffled, but from watching Thorndyke’s mind at work and observing his scientific methods – which include, in this case, geology, petrology, psychology, marine biology, handwriting analysis, and chemical analysis. The crime takes place in a yacht off the coast of Penzance in Cornwall, where a circle of friends are vacationing. The victim is a boorish, overbearing, dishonest brute with money. The murderer is a likable, gentlemanly, talented artist of modest means. Every one likes the murderer, including Dr. Thorndyke.

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Contents

I. IN WHICH TWO MEN GO FORTH AND ONE ARRIVES

II. IN WHICH MARGARET PURCELL RECEIVES A LETTER

III. IN WHICH MARGARET PURCELL CONSULTS MR. PENFIELD

IV. IN WHICH MARGARET CONFERS WITH DR. THORNDYKE

V. IN WHICH THORNDYKE MAKES A FEW INQUIRIES

VI. IN WHICH MR. VARNEY PREPARES A DECEPTION

VII. THE FLASH NOTE FACTORY

VIII. IN WHICH THORNDYKE TRIES OVER THE MOVES

IX. IN WHICH MR. PENFIELD RECEIVES A SHOCK

X. IN WHICH THORNDYKE SEES A NEW LIGHT

XI. IN WHICH VARNEY HAS AN INSPIRATION

XII. IN WHICH VARNEY ONCE MORE PULLS THE STRINGS

XIII. IN WHICH THE MEDICO-LEGAL WORM ARRIVES

XIV. IN WHICH MR. VARNEY IS DISILLUSIONED

XV. IN WHICH THORNDYKE OPENS THE ATTACK

XVI. IN WHICH JOHN RODNEY IS CONVINCED

XVII. IN WHICH THERE IS A MEETING AND A FAREWELL